Jean-Nicolas Stofflet

Jean-Nicolas Stofflet (3 February 1751-25 February 1796) was a leader of the French Royalists during the Vendee uprising of the French Revolutionary Wars. Stofflet was captured and executed by firing squad in 1796.

Biography
Jean-Nicolas Stofflet was born in Bathelemont-les-Bauzemont, eastern France on 3 February 1751, and he served in the Swiss Guards for years. Stofflet joined the Vendeans during the French Revolution to defend Catholicism and monarchism against the republican government, and he rose to the rank of Major-General. After Henri de la Rochejaquelein's death in 1794, he became the new commander-in-chief of the French Royalists in the Vendee, and he fought for the Comte de Provence for years. In 1796, he was captured, tried before a military commission, and executed by firing squad at Angers.